Big Damn Magic

<p> Heavy lies the head that wears the crown. Heavier still if you add the weight of the basket it's in.</p><p> Somehow Keane the ex-mercenary king of Greenshade must outwit a wicked usurper from within and an overwhelming army from without. And if that weren't enough on his royal plate when Keane flees with his pregnant queen and brainwashed mother-in-law his own nefarious past rears up to smack him in the face.</p><p> A thousand miles away Keane's best friend Sarah a swordswoman and sorceress-in-training treks toward the only possible ally strong enough to help them: the goddess of either beauty seduction obsessiveness or insanity. </p><p> Depending on who you ask.</p><p> Meanwhile the child of a god commands all the powers of hell in order to grow an empire large enough to swallow the mortal world.</p><p> Can Keane and Sarah pull enough allies from an adversarial countryside to take back a kingdom defend it from an empire <em>and</em> defeat the greatest threat the world has ever known? </p><p> Keane is an accomplished smartass and Sarah can blow out a candle from across the room.</p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>It should be fine.</span></p>